The study focused on the influence of democratic leadership style on job performance of subordinates in academic libraries in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was a survey, while the 74 professional and para-professional staff working in the libraries studied were the respondents. Data collection was through questionnaire instrument titled “Democratic Leadership Style on Job Performance of Subordinates in Academic Libraries (DLSJPSAL)” made up of of five (5) item statements. Research question was answered using frequency counts, total score and means. Findings of the study revealed that democratic leadership style in academic libraries studied has positive influence on subordinates’ job performance because it results in high employees’ productivity. This style of leadership tends to have work groups that were very productive and subordinates showed a high degree of satisfaction on the job. Among others, the researchers recommended that heads of academic libraries should be encouraged to adopt democratic leadership style since it yields higher result in job performance of subordinates and consequently to users’ satisfaction with library services.

The study adopted a correlational research design to find out the relationship between Artificial Intelligence in Libraries and Users Satisfaction in Higher Institutions in Nigeria. The study covered six higher institutions with twelve Departments in Nigeria. The population of the study comprises of 300 lecturers and 3, 200 students from twelve Departments of different levels. A random sampling technique was adopted and Krejcie and Morgan method was used to determine the sample size of 346. A selfdesigned instrument was used with a four point scale. Based on the findings of this study, it is concluded that there was high level of roles played by artificial intelligence in the delivering of libraries services and high level of satisfaction by the users of artificial intelligence in the libraries of higher institutions in Nigeria. Among other things, the study recommends that libraries should intensify efforts in adopting artificial intelligence in the delivery of libraries services for libraries users to gain very high level satisfaction.

This study sought to determine the power-point application skills need and Library science and information students for job performance in public service in Imo State. The purpose of this study was to determine the PowerPoint application skills need of library science and information students for job performance in public service in Imo State. A research question and a null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 1,200 Library and information science students and lecturers with sample size of 360 (310 students and 56 lecturers) respondents selected using stratified random sampling from higher institutions of learning in Imo State. A structured and validated instrument titled “PowerPoint Application Skills need and Library and Information science students and lecturers’ performance in the public service in Imo State. (POPSNLAISL)” was used to elicit data for the study. Cronbach Alpha procedure was used to establish the reliability of the instrument with a coefficient of 0.76 which showed that the instrument was reliable. Mean and Improvement Need Index (INI) were used to analyze the responses from the research question, while the null hypothesis was tested using the independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that PowerPoint application skills of Library and Information science Lecturers are highly needed with positive improvement index. The following recommendations were given amongst others: that Library and Information science students should be given awareness by their employers on the need to acquire PowerPoint application skills.

This study sought to determine the Spread sheet application skills need of Library and Information Science (LIS) students for Job Performance in Abia State, Nigeria. A research question and a null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 370 LIS students and Lecturers and due to the manageable size of the population, the entire population was sampled and used for the study, using 370 respondents selected from higher institutions of learning in Abia State, Nigeria. A structured and validated instrument titled A structured 4 points scaled questionnaire titled "Spread sheet Application Skills Need Questionnaire (SASNEQ)’’was used to elicit data for the study. Cronbach Alpha procedure was used to establish the reliability of the instrument with a coefficient of 0.78 which showed that the instrument was reliable. Mean and Improvement Need Index (INI) were used to analyze the responses from the research question, while the null hypothesis was tested using the independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that spread sheet application skills of LIS Lecturers are highly needed with positive improvement index. The following recommendations were given among others: Library and Information science Lecturers should be given awareness by their employers on the need to acquire Spreadsheet application skills.

The study adopted a correlational research design to find out the relationship between the roles of Technology-Driven and Information Creation, Access, Storage and Dissemination in Academic Libraries in Nigeria. The study covered six higher institutions with twelve Departments. 252 Lecturers and 3,720 students formed the population of 3,972. A self-design instrument was used; a random sampling technique adopted as well as Krejcie and Morgan method was used to determine the sample size of 354. Mean statistics was used to analyse the research question and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) was adopted to test the only hypothesis. It was noted that TechnologyDriven information Plays High Level of Roles in Information Creation, Access, Storage and Dissemination in Academic Libraries in Nigeria. Among other things, the study recommended the recruitment and retention of technical support staff in academic libraries. The availability of technical staff helps to maximize systems accessibility and efficiency.Staff and students also need to be trained on how to use these facilities towards achieving academic excellence. This may be through continuous orientation and the inclusion of such courses like: Use of computer for Information retrieval, Use of Internet/world wide web and IT applications.